Where the Bodies Are - Paperback

by L. V. Gaudet (Author)

Step into the twisted mind of a serial killer in this disturbing psychological thriller.What kind of dark secret pushes a man to commit the unimaginable, even as he is sickened by his own actions?Dead bodies are being left where they are sure to be found. But, the killer made a mistake; one victim left for dead survived. Kept in a medically induced coma while she recovers, they can only watch her and wait for the killer to come back for her.While Detective Michael Underwood protects their only living witness, Detective Jim McNelly and his reporter friend Lawrence Hawkworth are determined to find the killer and bring his killing spree to an end. Instead, they discover a bigger mystery.The killer's reality blurs between past and present with a compulsion driven by a dark secret locked in a fractured mind. Overcome by a blind rage that leaves him wallowing in remorse with the bodies of victim after victim, he is desperate to stop killing.After learning of his victim's survival, the killer sees it as a sign they are meant to be together. Threatening her tenuous grip on life, he is determined to take back his prize while he continues kidnapping and murdering young women.Accustomed to a life of abuse, one victim's experience becomes her refuge in a desperate bid for survival, finding herself insinuated into the killer's life as something more than a kidnapping victim. She finds a soft place in his heart.Instead of killing her, he keeps Katherine Kingslow imprisoned in the dark while he continues plotting to take back the Jane Doe in the hospital. How long can Kathy survive and will she lose her own mind?The search for the killer will lead to his dark secret buried in the past, something much larger than a man compelled to kill again and again.

Author Biography

L. V. Gaudet is a Canadian fiction writer whose writing has a vein of darkness to it. If you are afraid of the dark, these stories might not be for you. L.V. Gaudet is also a member of the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Horror Writers Association, and can be found cavorting with the family and two rescue dogs. L.V. Gaudet has always had a love for the darker stories; from sneaking to the basement late at night as a child to watch old Vincent Price movies and the killer B horror classics, to devouring horror books. Dedication / Acknowledgments I am lucky to have a family who puts up with me; particularly my kids who have given me that special kind of crazy that makes me a better writer. Many of my stranger ideas have come from them. And especially my partner, who is always coming to my rescue when my whole world falls apart from technical and, yes, user problems, repairing and replacing my laptop and recovering my files when I've thought I lost all my writing files. Except sometimes maybe Roxy aka the Big Dumb Bunny. Pretty and sweet when she wants to be, that dog also takes great joy in being a huge pain in the butt. But really, rescue dogs are great. Get one. I would also like to thank the online writing community for their support and help. You can follow L.V. Gaudet's author page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LVGaudet.Author On twitter: http: //twitter.com/lvgaudet And on her blog: http: //lvgwriting.wordpress.com You will find L.V. Gaudet in other random places like Instagram. And, for stories more suitable for middle years to YA, look for books published under the pen name Vivian Munnoch.